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After being relegated from to the English Championship, American Abroad Marcus Hahnemann is eager to help Reading back to the top flight. The goalkeeper spoke with Soccer 365 about the season, being relegated, his place with the U.S. national team and more.

Following Germany’s midweek clash with England, it’s back to Bundesliga action with some tasty games on offer. The Nord-derby is on Sunday between HSV and Werder, while Leverkusen, Hoffenheim and Bayern will be battling for top-spot on Saturday.Goal.com previews all the weekend action.

But while the price of demotion to the Championship is huge, only the boldest would stake much money on identifying the three teams to suffer. It could be West Brom, Tottenham and Blackburn, the current occupants of the relegation zone, but there is just as much chance that it will end up being Stoke, Wigan and Newcastle, the three clubs immediately above them. West Ham, Bolton and Sunderland form an equally plausible trio and, while Hull's reward for a stellar start is sixth place, they are not safe yet.

On Saturday, Bayern failed to hold on to a two-goal lead for the third time this season. As amazing as this is, the last weeks have been so successful for the Munich giants that there's now little of the hoopla which surrounded every Bayern game in August and September.

Argentina have appointed as their coach a former cocaine addict who prefers to watch football matches waving his shirt over his head rather than thinking logically in a dugout. A man who has enough trouble organising his own life, never mind meeting the needs of a squad. He once kept his biographer waiting 24 hours in an hotel lobby (the writer never budged from the sofa). And he twice invited me to Buenos Aires for an interview and did not show up.

This is a man who would not do a commercial for Viagra, unlike Pelé, but would make sure he was in attractive company and then swallow the whole packet.

A man who does everything to excess, be it bad timekeeping, feuds, drugs, sublime skills; and whose international coaching regime, which begins against Scotland in Glasgow tomorrow evening, is surely doomed as a result.

The tension between Fabio Capello and Rafael Benítez grew last night, with the Liverpool manager bewildered by his England counterpart's insistence that Steven Gerrard make a six-hour round trip to prove that he was not fit enough to play for his country in tomorrow's friendly match against Germany.

Eddie Johnson, CardiffJohnson had his best game of the season on Saturday, as his aggressiveness paid dividends for Cardiff. Johnson, starting once again, won not one, but two penalties for the Bluebirds, one of which was converted into a goal. The speedy striker looked confident and was forceful on the pitch, resulting in a very productive affair. Cardiff won 2-1 over Crystal Palace.

Carlos Bocanegra, Rennes (France)vs. Monaco, 2-1, 90 minutes Carlos Bocanegra and his Rennes teammates again put in a solid defensive display against Monaco, only giving up a penalty in the 72nd minute and securing a 2-1 victory against the visiting Monegasque side courtesy of goals from Moussa Sow and Jimmy Briand on either side of halftime.Next up: Away to Bordeaux, Saturday, November 22

”To summarize, I had a few other adventures. Let’s say that between the 600 and 700 women I’ve been with, around 20 were from the show business world“). And then: “Many times I played great games right after having sex. Go look at Roma-Juve 4-0. I had sex at six in the morning that Sunday, with one of the many ‘friends’ I had at that time.